8-letter words containing r, a, n, g, i
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- in-grain — to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- ingrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft.
- ingrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingrain.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- interage — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- irangate — a political scandal of 1986 in the United States involving the illegal sale of arms to Iran in return for the release of US hostages held there, and the use of the profits to funds Contra rebels in Nicaragua
- iron age — the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron.
- irrigant — (surgery) irrigating agent.
- jahangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- jehangir — 1569–1627, 4th Mogul emperor in India 1605–27 (son of Akbar).
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- larrigan — a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- majoring — a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- margarin — Archaic form of margarine.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- margined — Having a margin.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- marrying — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- midrange — of, relating to, or occupying the middle audio frequencies: a midrange frequency.
- migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- migrants — Plural form of migrant.
- morgagni — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1682–1771, Italian anatomist.
- mridanga — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- narghile — a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
- nargileh — Alternative form of narghile.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- nigerian — a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- niggards — Plural form of niggard.